Freelance
Traveller

Najillianne Kidgergadim is an attractive and overweight vilani woman of
late middle-age who also happens to be the local character of the starport.
Najillianne Kidgergadim is a self-styled artist without any artistic talent,
but she is convinced of her own greatness. Her delusion is accompanied by
jealousy and a bad temper, which often leads to interesting situations for
those who pay any attention to her. She feels that the reason why she has
not gotten the recognition she deserves isn't because her artwork is bad,
but because the art galleries are exclusionary or that the critics don't
understand what real art is or that the world she is on is too much of a
backwater or the art sponsors are prejudiced against vilani or a thousand
other excuses - and she will happily give her opinion to anyone willing to
listen.

The players will first encounter Najillianne at the open bazaar of
the local starport hawking her artwork to prospective buyers as they pass by
her table. The artwork is a group of collage with some sculpted pieces as
well, all poorly done and overpriced. The nature of the PCs initial
interaction with Najillianne will determine what manner of nuisance she
becomes.

If the players are civil to her or show any kind of positive
reaction to her poorly done artwork, such as buying a piece or two, then she
will assume the player who acted thusly has fallen in love with her and she
will reciprocate. Najillianne will then follow the PC whenever she can,
stalking him. She will do anything to win the PCs affections, short of
inflicting physical injury on another or committing a criminal act more
severe than a misdemeanor. Now this will include some incredibly juvenile
stunts such as sending the PC naked holos of herself or having a crying fit
on the hood of the player's air/raft. Nothing short of threats of physical
violence will stop Najillianne's amorous behavior. She will demonstrate an
imperviousness to logic or rationality if merely told that the PC is not
interested in romance, Najillianne will merely think that the PC is shy and
keeps on trying to date him. If, however, the PC rejects her advances and
threatens violence in any way, then she will become an equally persistent
and irrational enemy of the PC (Hell having absolutely no fury like a crazy
woman scorned, and all that).

If the players on first encounter are
scornful of Najillianne's artwork or show any kind of negative reaction to
her or her artwork, then she will assume that the PC who acted in that
manner is now her worst enemy. Najillianne will do anything short of
inflicting physical violence or committing a criminal act more severe than a
misdemeanor against the PC who has hurt her feelings. She will go out of her
way to make that PC's life Hell, primarily through spreading nasty rumors
about the player characters, verbally harassing them in public, and even
posting false accusations on the local starport computer message boards.

Najillianne is best used as both comic relief and as an unexpected obstacle
to any regular encounter. Have her instigate a bar fight (she can claim that
the PC "took liberties" with her when they walked past) or disrupt a cargo
deal (either the buyer/seller gets cold feet from a rumor that Najillianne
spread or she barges into a business deal in progress claiming that the PC
was supposed to be going out on a date with her).

GURPS Stats

Disadvantages: Fat (Overweight)[-5], Major Delusion (If a stranger is
nice to me, then that stranger is in love with me and it should be
reciprocated)[-10], Major Delusion (If a stranger is not nice to me, then
they are my enemy and should be treated as such) [-10].